This Saturday, local artist Margot Datz’s 15th annual one-night show will be on view at the Grange Hall in West Tisbury. Datz is known for her public art works across the Island, including the Old Whaling Church, both ferry terminals, the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, the YMCA, the Flying Horses, and the Edgartown, Chilmark, and Oak […]
After nearly a decade, Vineyard artist Margot Datz has completed her recreation of a 1843 trompe-l’œil mural at the Old Whaling Church. Translated from French as “deceiving the eye,” the trompe-l’œil is achieved using a specific art technique meant to harness realistic qualities within a kind of optical illusion. The mural, along with two others […]
Local artist Margot Datz spent three glorious months on the unspoiled Caribbean island of Nevis last winter, which heightened her senses not only to the natural world around her in the form of lush gardens and a tropical rainforest, but also to her connected inner self. This restorative time spent in such an inspirational environment, […]